---
name: "colormgr"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "colord"
version: "1.4.8-2"
release: "Arch Linux 2026-11-01"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/colormgr"
---

# colormgr(1)

Color Manager Testing Tool

## NAME

colormgr - Color Manager Testing Tool

## SYNOPSIS

**colormgr** \[**--verbose**\] \[**--version**\]

## DESCRIPTION

This manual page documents briefly the **colormgr** command.

**colormgr** allows an administrator to view and change color profile to device mappings.

## OPTIONS

This program follows the usual GNU command line syntax, with long options starting with two dashes (‘-’). A summary of options is included below.

- **--help**

  Show summary of options.

## COMMANDS

This program takes commands with a variable number of arguments.

**create-device** *device\_id* *scope*

Create a device

**create-profile** *profile\_id* *scope*

Create a profile

**delete-device** *device*

Deletes a device

**delete-profile** *profile*

Deletes a profile

**device-add-profile** *device* *profile*

Add a profile to a device that already exists

**device-get-default-profile** *device*

Gets the default profile for a device

**device-get-profile-for-qualifier** *device* *qualifier*

Returns all the profiles that match a qualifier

**device-inhibit** *device* *timeout*

Inhibits colour profiles for this device

**device-make-profile-default** *device* *profile*

Makes a profile default for a device

**device-set-enabled**

Enables or disables the device

**device-set-kind** *device* *kind*

Sets the device kind

**device-set-model** *device* *model*

Sets the device model

**device-set-serial** *device* *serial*

Sets the device serial

**device-set-vendor** *device* *vendor*

Sets the device vendor

**find-device** *device\_id*

Find a device from the device ID

**find-device-by-property** *key* *value*

Find a device with a given property value

**find-profile** *profile\_id*

Find a profile from the profile ID

**find-profile-by-filename** *filename*

Find a profile by filename

**get-devices**

Gets all the color managed devices

**get-devices-by-kind** *kind*

Gets all the color managed devices of a specific kind

**get-profiles**

Gets all the available color profiles

**get-sensor-reading** *display\_type*

Gets a reading from a sensor

**get-sensors**

Gets all the available colour sensors

**get-standard-space** *standard\_space*

Get a standard colourspace

**import-profile** *filename*

Copies an .icc file into the correct per-user directory and shows information about the imported profile.

**profile-set-property** *profile* *name* *value*

Sets extra properties on the profile

**sensor-lock**

Locks the colour sensor

**sensor-set-options** *name* *value*

Sets one or more sensor options

## AUTHOR

This manual page was written by Richard Hughes \<richard@hughsie.com\>.